BOTANICAL  HALL  AND  CONSERVATORY. 

ASSOCIATION  OF  STUDENTS 

OF  THE 

School  of  Agriculture 

COI*U tyTBUS,  OHIO. 

DECEMBER,  1893. 


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GRICULTURAL  EDUCATOR 

Of  THE 

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AT  THE 


Ohio  State  University 


AS  SET  FORTH  BY  THE 


©fye  5aculty  Committee  of  tfye  School  of 
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President  W.  H.  SCOTT,  M.  A.,  LL.  D.,  Chairman,  Professor  of  Philosophy. 
WM.  R.  LAZENBY,  M.  Agr.,  Secretary,  .  .  Professor  of  Horticulture. 

S.  W.  ROBINSON,  C.  E.,  .  .  .  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering. 

H.  A.  WEBER,  Ph.  D.,  .  .  .  .  Professor  of  Agricultural  Chemistry. 

H.  J.  DETMERS,  M.  Y.  I).,  .  .  .  Professor  of  Veterinary  Medicine. 
D.  S.  KELLICOTT,  Ph.  I).,  .  Professor  of  Zoology  and  Entomology. 

A.  M.  BLEILE,  M.  D.,  .  .  .  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology. 

W.  A.  KELLERMAN,  Ph.  D.,  .  .  Professor  of  Botany  and  Forestry. 

T.  F.  HUNT,  M.  Sc., . Professor  of  Agriculture. 


£t?e  (Officers  of  tfye  (Association  of  Students  of 
tt)e  School  of  (Agriculture,  ©.  5.  II. 


Sherman  Hood,  President,  ....  Meander,  Trumbull  County,  Ohio. 
W.  E.  Leonard,  Vice  President,  .  .  .  Morrow,  Warren  County,  Ohio. 

C.  E.  Spiers,  Becording  Secretary,  .  .  Atwater,  Portage  County,  Ohio. 

S.  D.  Ayers,  Corresponding  Secretary,  .  Hartsgrove,  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio. 
P.  L.  Pfarr,  Treasurer,  ....  Minersville,  Meigs  County,  Ohio. 

D.  A.  Crowner,  Librarian,  .  .  Wellsville,  Allegheny  County,  New  York. 

M.  G.  Aumend,  Historian,  ....  Wauseon,  Fulton  County,  Ohio. 
C.  W.  Burkett,  Sergeant-at-Arms,  .  .  Thornville,  Perry  County,  Ohio. 

Executive  Corornittee. 

C.  E.  Spiers,  Chairman ,  ....  Atwater,  Portage  County,  Ohio. 

H.  H.  Loomis, . Deerfield,  Portage  County,  Ohio. 

W.  B.  Evans, . Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

Prirjtir}^  Corr)ir)ittee. 

F.  P.  Stump,  Chairman,  .  .  .  0.  S.  U.,  Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio. 

L.  M.  Bloomfield, . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio. 

M.  M.  Rarick, . Thornville,  Perry  County,  Ohio. 


Tf>e  Students’  flssociatioi) 


J^bovt  three  years  ago,  a  number  of  the  more  earnest  and  energetic  farmer 
72  boys  who  were  agricultural  students  at  this  institution,  not  feeling 
satisfied  with  the  progress  being  made  in  their  state  in  higher  agricul¬ 
tural  education,  met  at  the  call  of  one  of  their  number  and  “put  their  heads 
together”  to  ascertain  why  no  deeper  interest  w’as  being  manifested  in  our 
agricultural  college  by  the  farmers  and  their  sons  intending  to  be  farmers. 

We  saw  the  university  offering  a  free  scholarship  each  year  to  each  county 
in  the  State,  good  for  the  short  or  two  years’  course  in  agriculture.  In  the  three 
years  the  offer  had  been  standing,  but  twenty-six  of  the  eighty-eight  counties 
had  made  any  use  whatever  of  this  offer,  and  many  of  these  twenty-six  only  in 
a  desultory  manner.  While,  the  university  was  in  fact  acting  more  generously 
toward  agriculture  than  any  other  calling,  we  heard  and  read  many  bitter  things 
from  farmers  dation.  The 


concerning  the 
institution. 

They  told  us 
that  the  spirit 
of  the  univer¬ 
sity  and  the 
atmosphere 
around  it  were 
hostile  to  agri- 
culture  and 
drove  the  ag¬ 
ricultural  stu¬ 
dent  to  change 
his  course  of 
study  to  “some¬ 
thing  consid¬ 
ered  more  re¬ 
fined  or  ele¬ 
vated.”  W  e, 
as  students  on 
the  ground,  in 
daily  contact 
with  the  facts, 
knew’  these 
charges  to  be 
absolutely 
without  foun- 


Rutherford  B.  Hayes. 

Former  President  of  Board  of  Trustees  and  Chairman  of 
the  Farm  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 


fact  wh  i  ch 
seemed  most 
against  the  in¬ 
stitution  was, 
that  a  very 
small  per  cent, 
of  the  farmers 
of  the  state 
knew’  anything 
at  all  about,  or 
at  least  had  a 
very  meager 
conception  of 
what  the  uni¬ 
versity  really 
was,  and  of  its 
objects  and 
purposes,  to 
say  nothing  of 
a  knowledge  of 
its  facilities 
and  wide  edu¬ 
cational  ad¬ 
vantages. 

After  looking 
carefully  over 
the  ground,  we 


as  young,  enthusiastic  students,  anxious  for  a  large  development  within  our  life 
time  of  our  chosen  vocation,  decided  to  band  ourselves  into  an  organization  and 
pursue  two  distinct  lines  of  work.  First,  to  use  our  organized  influence  to  make 
the  school  of  agriculture  itself  the  very  best  in  the  Union;  and,  second,  to  use 
every  means  within  our  power  to  acquaint  the  farmers  of  the  state  with  the  exact 


facts  concerning  that  school  of  agriculture,  believing  that  the  progressive  spirit 
and  good  sense  of  Ohio  farmers  would  lead  them  to  be  enthusiastic  in  the  use  of 
this  great  school,  when  they  once  really  appreciated  the  advantages  so  gener- 

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ously  provided  for  the  education  of  their  sons  for  successful  followers  of  the 
grandest  calling  known  to  men. 

As  to  the  results  of  our  work  thus  far  in  the  first  line,  the  reader  is  left  to 
judge  for  himself  as  he  reads  the  description  of  the  facilities  and  work  of  the 
various  departments.  As  to  the  second  line  of  our  work,  we  sought  the  cause  of 
existing  evils.  We  discovered  the  existence  of  the  following  fundamentally 
important  condition  —  that  while  comparatively  few  farmers  indicated  by  their 
words,  a  large  majority  of  them,  by  their  general  line  of  action,  showed  plainly 
enough  that  they  had  not  come  to  realize  the  fact  that  an  education  is  as  essen¬ 
tial  to  a  farmer  as  to  any  man  in  any  other  business. 

Most  farmers,  in  conversation,  would  admit  this  to  be  true,  but  their  actions 
were  in  accord  with  the  old  notion  that  “anybody  can  farm,  and  without  an 
education,  too.”  The  facts  indicated  that  the  farmers  thought  “that  if  their 
boys  were  to  attend  college,  they  must  not  be  farmers.”  In  fact,  we  discovered 
what  ought  to  have  been  patent  to  any  observer  —  that  it  wras  this  old,  uneradi¬ 
cated  undercurrent  of  belief  and  action  among  the  farmers  themselves,  and  not 
the  university,  which  “educated  the  boys  from  the  farm.” 

Our  association  has  mailed  thousands  of  circulars  and  written  hundreds  of 
letters  endeavoring  to  tell  the  farmer  boys  of  the  state  the  plain  truth  about  this 
agricultural  school,  with  its  immense  advantages ;  and,  while  the  results  are 
highly  gratifying,  placing  our  state  in  the  very  forefront  in  this  matter  of  special 
university  training,  there  are  yet  thousands  of  farmers  in  Ohio  wh)  do  not 
realize  that  such  a  school  exists,  and  we  ask  the  members  of  the  farmers’  insti¬ 
tutes  of  Ohio,  as  representative,  progressive  farmers,  to  aid  us  in  the  work  of 
bringing  the  farmers  of  our  state  into  a  full  knowledge  of  the  facts  concerning 
this,  their  school  of  agriculture. 

fl  feuJ  uJorcts  about  ti?e  School  of  floriculture. 

See  Outline  of  Courses  of  the  School  of  Agriculture,  pages  13,  14,  and  15. 


W.  I.  Chamberlain.  L.  p.  Wing.  John  T.  Mack. 

FARM  COMMITTEE  OF  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


The  Ohio  State  University  is  divided  into  seven  schools,  alphabetically,  the 
schools  of  agriculture,  arts  and  philosophy,  engineering,  law,  pharmacy,  science, 
and  veterinary  medicine.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  article  to  describe  briefly  one 

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of  these  schools  —  the  school  of  agriculture.  It  may  be  said,  however,  in  pass¬ 
ing,  that  the  university  has  seventy  instructors,  twenty-five  departments  of 
study,  nine  large  buildings  devoted  to  instruction,  and  about  eight  hundred 
students.  The  lands,  buildings,  and  equipment  are  estimated  to  be  worth 
$2,000,000. 

The  school  of  agriculture  offers  three  courses  of  study  —  the  short  course  in 
agriculture  of  two  years,  a  four  years’  course  in  agriculture,  and  a  course  of 
similar  length  in  horticulture. 

The  first  year  of  the  short  course  is  preparatory  to  the  first  year  of  either  of 
the  four  year  courses.  At  the.  end  of  the  first  year  of  the  short  course,  the 
student  has  three  strings  to  his  bow.  He  may  complete  the  short  course  by 
taking  the  second  year  of  the  course  or  he  may  become  freshman  in  either  of 
the  full  four  year  courses. 

It  is  in  this  short  course  in  agriculture  that  the  board  of  trustees  offers  a  free 
scholarship  annually  to  one  student  from  each  county  of  the  state  of  Ohio.  As 
this  scholarship  is  good  for  two  years,  there  may  be  two  students  from  each 
county  each  year.  The  second  year  of  the  scholarship  is  good  for  the  freshman 
year  of  both  the  long  courses.  The  scholarship  covers  all  college  dues,  and  is 
worth,  during  the  two  years,  about  $65.  The  appointments  are  made  by  the 
county  boards  of  agriculture.  The  instruction  of  the  university  is  divided  into 
twenty-five  departments,  and  the  head  of  each  of  these  -departments  is  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  faculty. 

The  instruction  given  by  the  department  of  agriculture,  or  the  purely  agri¬ 
cultural  work,  consists  of  three  branches  or  courses  of  study  extending  through 
the  year.  The  course  of  study  known  officially  as  agriculture,  (1)  consists  in 
the  fall  term  of  equipment  of  the  farm,  including  the  selection  of  the  farm,  its 
laying  out,  the  construction  of  its  buildings,  fences  and  roads,  its  water  supply, 
sources  of  power  for  farm  purposes,  the  kinds,  selection,  and  use  of  farm 
machinery.  In  the  winter  term,  a  special  study  is  made  of  soils,  their  origin, 
kinds,  and  properties,  and  their  methods  of  improvement  by  tillage,  fertiliza¬ 
tion,  drainage,  and  irrigation.  In  the  spring  term,  a  systematic  study  is  made 
of  the  principal  farm  crops. 

The  second  branch  of  study  consists  in  the  fall  term  of  the  breeds  of  live 
stock,  their  history,  character,  and  use.  In  the  winter  term  the  principles  of 
breeding  are  considered,  while  in  the  spring  term  stock  feeding  and  hygiene  is 
studied.  The  first  of  these  branches  is  required  in  the  second  year  of  the  short 
course  and  in  the  junior  year  of  the  full  courses  in  agriculture  and  horticulture, 
while  the  second  is  required  in  the  second  year  of  the  short  course,  the  same 
year  of  the  course  in  veterinary  medicine,  and  in  the  sophomore  year  of  the  full 
course  in  agriculture. 

The  third  branch  of  technical  agricultural  work  is  taught  in  the  senior  year 
of  the  course  in  agriculture.  It  consists  in  the  fall  term  of  a  careful  study  of 
animal  form;  in  winter  term  of  lectures  on  dairy  husbandry,  and  in  the  spring 
term  of  lectures  on  rural  economy.  This  includes  the  history  of  agriculture, 
and  considers  farming  in  its  commercial  aspects  rather  than  from  a  scientific 
standpoint. 

Of  the  337  acres  of  university  property,  about  180  acres  may  be  considered  as 
belong  to  the  farm  proper.  This  is  equipped  with  $5,000  worth  of  live  stock, 
machinery,  and  apparatus.  This  equipment  is  mostly  new,  having  been  pur¬ 
chased  within  the  past  sixteen  months.  One  of  the  features  of  this  farm  is  a 
herd  of  pure  bred  and  grade  Jerseys  and  Shorthorns  The  cash  receipts  during 
the  twelve  months  ending  July  31,  from  an  average  of  thirty  cows,  in  milk,  were 
$4,059.93. 


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As  an  illustration  of  the  purposes  of  the  farm,  there  is  kept  a  team  each  of 
grade  Percheron,  Clydesdale,  and  Cleveland  Bay  mares.  It  is  expected  to  add  a 
pair  of  trotting  bred  mares.  These  are  being  bred  to  the  best  attainable  sires  of 
the  respective  breeds.  The  farm  will  thus  have  mature  and  young  animals  of 
the  different  breeds  for  comparison. 

The  purpose  of  the  farm  is  educational  rather  than  experimental.  Breeds 
of  live  stock  and  varieties  of  farm  crops  are  raised  for  the  purpose  of  study  by 
the  student,  and  the  experimental  work  is  incidental.  The  farm  is  in  no  sense  a 
model  one,  and  it  would  not  be  consistent  with  its  true  purpose  to  attempt  to 
make  it  so.  Neither  is  it  run  for  the  purpose  of  making  money,  but  to  give 
students  an  opportunity  to  study  agriculture. 

The  department  has  a  large  collection  of  farm  products  in  their  various 
forms  and  their  by-products;  such  as  grains,  grasses,  wools,  cotton,  forage  plants, 


Scene  in  Botanical  Laboratory. 


and  food,  stuffs.  Much  use  is  also  made  of  charts,  pictures,  and  lantern  slides, 
showing  the  results  of  experiments,  representative  and  noted  specimens  of  live 
stock,  farm  machinery,  fences,  buildings,  etc. 

The  Department  of  Horticulture  begins  its  instruction  with  a  course  of 
study  entitled  the  Elements  of  Horticulture  and  Forestry.  General  subjects, 
such  as  the  location  for  horticultural  work,  preparation  of  the  soil,  drainage, 
and  irrigation,  fertilizers,  tools,  implements  and  buildings,  are  discussed. 

The  practical  work  connected  therewith  is  performed  in  the  laboratory, 
green-house,  gardens,  ornamental  grounds  and  forest.  This  course  of  study  is 
followed  by  the  students  in  the  short  course  in  agriculture  and  by  those  in  the 
long  courses  of  both  horticulture  and  agriculture.  In  the  junior  year,  general 
horticulture  is  taken  up  and  such  subjects  as  pomology,  viticulture,  vegetable 
gardening,  seed  growing  and  small  fruit  culture  are  studied.  In  the  senior  year, 
arboriculture,  forestry  and  landscape  gardening  are  treated  in  the  class  room 

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View  in  Forcing  House —  Tomatoes  Grown  in  Winter  by  Subirrigation  Method. 

The  former  is  an  adjunct  to  the  Botanical  Department,  and  is  devoted  to  flower¬ 
ing  plants  and  oxotics  The  forcing-houses  are  used  for  hastening  the  maturity 
of  vegetables  and  are  attached  to  the  horticultural  hall.  They  are  one  hundred 
feet  long  by  twenty  in  width,  and  are  heated  by  hot  water. 

One  new  and  interesting  feature  in  the  management  of  these  houses  is  the 
method  of  watering  by  sub -irrigation.  This  method  is  something  new  in  green¬ 
house  management,  and  marks  a  great  step  in  advance  in  the  profitable  forcing 
of  vegetables. 

Much  of  the  work  on  the  farm  and  in  the  gardens,  orchards,  and  green¬ 
houses  is  done  by  voluntary  student  labor,  for  which  students  are  paid.  Not  all 
agricultural  and  horticultural  students  work,  and  not  all  students  who  work  are 
in  these  courses,  but  a  large  number  do  work,  and  they  are  for  the  most  part 
from  these  courses.  The  extent  of  this  work  may  be  illustrated  by  the  work 

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and  illustrated  in  a  practical  manner  in  the  green-houses,  on  the  grounds  and 
by  visits  to  other  green-houses  and  grounds.  Floriculture  is  similarly  taught. 

The  Department  of  Horticulture  has  under  its  immediate  control  about  30 
acres  of  land.  About  one-half  of  this  is  fruit,  and  a  large  number  of  the  best 
varieties  are  well  represented. 

Special  attention  is  paid  to  market  gardening,  and  the  students  have  an 
opportunity  of  observing  all  the  operations  from  the  sowing  of  the  seed  to  the 
marketing  of  the  crop.  Among  the  facilities  for  instruction  in  horticulture  that 
deserve  special  notice  are  a  well  stocked  green-house  and  two  forcing-houses. 


done  on  the  farm  alone.  At  the  present  time  (during  vacation)  all  the  work  is 
done  by  students,  excepting  occasionally  a  hand  or  two  during  threshing  or 
other  special  work.  During  the  ten  months  of  the  last  school  year,  75  students 
worked  more  or  less  and  were  paid  in  the  aggregate  $  2,557.57,  the  total  pay  roll 
for  that  time  being  $3,199.73.  During  this  time  three  students  each  earned 
over  $200.00,  six  earned  amounts  ranging  from  $120.00  to  $170.00,  four  from 
$55.00  to  $95.00,  fifteen  from  $20.00  to  $50.00,  while  forty-seven  earned  lesser 
amounts.  Some  of  the  students  working  in  the  gardens  and  green-houses  did 
equally  well.  If  this  educates  students  away  from  the  farm,  it  is  because  they 
get  too  much  of  it,  and  not  because  the  atmosphere  is  detrimental  to  manual  labor. 

One  of  the  departments  of  study  particularly  connected  with  the  School  of 
Agriculture  is  that  of  Agricultural  Chemistry.  Students  in  the  course  in  agricul¬ 
ture  must  take  three  years  of  instruction  in  this  department,  those  in  horticulture 


Horticultural  Hall. 

and  forestry  are  required  to  take  one  year  and  may  elect  a  second.  Students  in 
the  short  course  have  one  year  of  instruction. 

The  work  begins  with  lectures  and  recitations  on  the  principles  of  chemistry. 
In  about  four  weeks  the  student  is  placed  at  work  in  the  laboratory  and  instructed 
in  qualitative  analysis,  the  lectures  being  meanwhile  continued.  The  student 
thus  early  introduced  into  the  practical  work  of  the  chemist  soon  becomes  an 
enthusiastic  worker.  Analyses  are  made  of  limestones,  clays,  soils,  fertilizers, 
feeding  stuffs,  water,  milk,  butter,  cheese,  and  syrups.  After  this,  special  and 
more  difficult  work  is  taken  up. 

The  Department  of  Agricultural  Chemistry  occupies  an  important  portion  of 
the  large  chemical  building,  erected  and  equipped  in  1890,  at  a  cost  of  $  62,000  00. 
This  department  has  a  lecture  room  with  seats  for  60  students,  a  preparation 
room,  a  laboratory  with  desks  for  54  students,  a  laboratory  for  organic  analysis, 
a  store  room,  a  balance  room  and  a  private  laboratory.  The  apparatus,  equip¬ 
ment  and  illustrative  material  is  ample  and  thoroughly  modern. 

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There  is  a  special  course  in  veterinary  medicine,  requiring  three  years  for 
its  completion.  This  course  is  for  those  who  wish  to  become  practitioners  in 
this  important  branch  of  medicine.  The  work  required  of  the  agricultural 
student  includes  veterinary  anatomy,  lectures  and  work  in  the  dissecting  room 
in  the  sophomore  year.  In  the  junior  year  the  student  studies  the  nature  and 
treatment  of  infectious  and  contagious  diseases  of  live  stock.  In  the  senior 
year  surgical  diseases  and  operations  and  obstetrics  may  be  elected. 

This  department  has  a  special  brick  building  of  ample  proportions  for  its 
use.  The  hospital  in  the  rear  affords  excellent  facilities  for  the  care  of  patients 
and  for  the  study  and  treatment  of  their  ailments.  The  front  part  of  the  build¬ 
ing  contains  a  lecture  room  and  library,  an  anatomical  and  pathological  museum, 
a  bacteriological  laboratory,  a  room  for  microscopy,  a  dark  room  and  an  office. 
The  museum  has  the  usual  collections  prepared  by  students,  and  the  department 
has  a  set  of  surgical  instruments  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  patterns. 
Clinics  are  held  daily  during  the  college  year,  and  subjects  undergo  treatment 


by  students,  with  the 
advice  and  direction  of 
the  professor  and  his 
assistant. 

While  botany  is  one 
of  the  general  studies  of 
the  university,  a  special 
course  of  advanced  bot¬ 
any  is  taught  for  the 
students  of  the  School 
of  Agriculture.  This 
course  is  taken  in  the 
freshman  year,  and  con¬ 
sists  in  the  fall  term  of 
the  character,  function 
and  methods  of  plant 
growth  ;  in  the*  winter 
term,  a  special  study  is 
made  of  plants  which 
are  of  practical  utility  ; 


Dr.  N.  S.  Townshend, 
Prof  Emeritus  of  Agriculture. 


f  in  the  spring  term,  the 
diseases  of  farm  and  gar¬ 
den  crops  are  studied. 
All  these  subjects  are 
taught  by  lectures  and 
practical  laboratory 
work.  Many  students 
avail  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  offered  to 
take  up  still  more  ad¬ 
vanced  work  in  the  bot¬ 
anical  laboratory,  the 
facilities  for  the  study 
of  cryptogamic  botany 
being  especially  fine. 

This  department, 
also,  has  a  special  build¬ 
ing,  provided  for  in  1883 
by  a  state  appropriation 
of  $  15,000.00.  It  is  con¬ 


structed  of  brick,  and  is  fifty  feet  long  by  forty  feet  wide,  with  an  attachment  in 
the  rear  which  is  twenty-five  feet  square.  The  whole  is  two  stories  in  height. 

All  the  required  work  of  the  Department  of  Zoology  and  Entomology  is 
taken  by  students  of  the  School  of  Agriculture.  In  the  second  year  of  the  short 
course  in  agriculture,  students  devote  three  hours  a  week  to  economic 
entomology,  collecting,  rearing  and  preserving  ir.s?cts  and  practice  in  spraying 
and  other  means  of  controlling  insect  pests.  In  the  freshman  year  of  the  full 
courses  of  this  school,  general  zoo^gy  and  entomology  are  studied  throughout 
the  year.  This  includes  both  recitations  and  laboratory  work,  and  is  made  to  be 
of  the  largest  possible  help  to  students  of  agricultur3  and  horticulture.  More 
advanced  work  may  be  chosen  in  the  senior  year. 

The  outfit  of  this  department  is  ample,  consisting  of  general  zoological  col¬ 
lections,  an  entomological  collection,  a  series  of  skeletons,  alcoholic  specimens 
and  all  needed  instruments. 

The  facilities  of  instruction  in  geology  have  always  been  good,  but  now 
there  is  completed,  at  a  cost  of  $  90,000.00,  a  special  geological  building  known 
as  Orton  Hall,  after  the  venerable  and  well-known  professor  of  geology.  Here 
the  many  and  intricate  relations  between  geology  and  agriculture  are  discussed. 


The  agricultural  student  gets  his  shop  practice  in  a  building  recently  erected 
for  this  class  of  work  at  a  cost  of  $50,000.00,  and  called  Hayes  Hall,  after  the 
late  President  Hayes,  whose  influence  while  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees 
secured  its  erection. 

Valuable  instruction  in  physiology,  physics,  civil  government  and  constitu¬ 
tional  history,  political  economy,  mental  and  moral  philosophy  and  the  lan¬ 
guages  can  here  only  be  mentioned. 


Scholarship  ai?cl  Other  l°oii)ts. 


NOTE  THESE  POINTS  CAREFULLY. 

Each  county  in  Ohio  may  appoint  one  man  each  year  to  a  free  scholarship. 
A  scholarship  is  good  for :  First,  the  two  years  of  the  short  course  in  Agri¬ 


culture  ;  or,  second,  the  first  year  of  the  short  course  and  the  Freshman  year  of 


Scene  in  Agricultural  Chemistry  Laboratory. 

the  long  course  ;  or,  third,  the  first  year  of  the  short  course  in  Agriculture  and 
the  Freshman  year  of  the  course  in  Horticulture  and  Forestry. 

If  there  be  a  County  Agricultural  Society,  the  appointment  is  to  be  made  by 
it ;  otherwise  the  Farmers’  Institute  of  the  county  is  entitled  to  make  the 
appointment. 

If  there  be  neither  Agricultural  Society  nor  Farmers’  Institute,  any  county 
farmers’  organization,  as  Grange,  Alliance,  Club,  etc.,  is  entitled  to  make  the 
appointment. 


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The  scholarship  covers  incidental  and  laboratory  fees,  leaving  the  holder 
to  provide  for  himself  board  and  lodging,  books  and  clothing. 

Books  cost  somewhere  from  $  12  to  $  20  per  year. 

Board  and  lodging,  including  fuel,  light,  etc.,  if  one  does  his  own  house 
work,  as  many  students  do,  will  cost  in  cash  from  $40  to  $75  per  year.  If  one 
takes  a  room,  and  board  in  club  or  private  family,  as  most  do  who  can  afford  it, 
the  cost  will  be  somewhere  from  $130  to  $200  per  year,  or  more,  as  you  choose  to 
make  it.  That  is  to  say,  it  is  quite  possible  for  one  with  a  free  scholarship  to 
spend  a  year  at  the  University  with  no  greater  outlay  of  money  than  $100,  aside 


from  clothing,  railroad  fare,  etc.  In  fact,  some  have  done  this  on  considerable 
less  than  $  100. 

Something  like  $4,000  is  paid  annually  by  the  Departments  of  Agriculture 
and  Horticulture  to  students  for  labor,  besides  a  considerable  sum  by  other 
departments,  and  quite  a  large  amount  by  city  residents  near  the  University 
grounds. 

We  do  not  recommend  any  young  man  to  attempt  a  course  without  from  $50 
to  $  100  to  begin  with,  though  in  individual  cases  $  20  have  proven  sufficient,  all 
other  necessary  money  being  earned  during  the  school  year,  including  vacations. 

If  you  have  been  appointed  to  a  free  scholarship,  and  find  that  you  can  not 
attend  the  University,  it  is  your  duty  to  resign  the  scholarship  at  once,  in  order 
that  some  one  else  may  have  a  chance.  The  scholarship  will  expire  as  soon  if 
not  used  as  if  used,  and  if  not  used  the  agriculture  of  your  county  loses  the 
benefits. 


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If  you  use  your  scholarship  it  will  save  you  $  65  during  the  two  years  ;  other¬ 
wise  it  is  worth  nothing  to  you,  as  you  can  not  transfer  it  to  another. 

The  scholarships  are  good  only  for  Agriculture  or  Horticulture,  except  that  if 
the  appointing  power  in  any  county  should  have  no  applicant  for  the  Agricul¬ 
tural  or  Horticultural  course,  that  power  may  then  appoint  an  applicant  who 
wishes  to  take  the  course  in  Veterinary  Medicine.  That  scholarship  wrill  then 
be  good  for  two  years  in  the  School  of  Veterinary  Medicine. 

If  you  wish  to  study  Agriculture  or  Horticulture,  or  follow  any  line  of  work 
in  these  general  subjects,  and  the  scholarihips  due  your  county  are  taken,  and 
you  can  not  persuade  the  appointing  power  of  any  other  county  to  appoint  you, 
come  and  take  a  course  any  wray.  You  can  not  afford  to  neglect  such  important 
preparation  for  your  work  on  account  of  the  additional  expense,  especially  when 
the  expense  is  so  small.  If  you  hav*e  not  enough  money  to  enable  you  to  take  a 
full  course  of  four  years,  or  the  short  course  of  two  years,  spend  one  year  here  ; 
or  even  less,  if  you  can  do  no  better. 

The  opportunities  open  to  graduates  of  the  long  courses  of  this  School  of 
Agriculture  are  at  least  as  great  as  those  open  to  graduates  of  any  regular  under¬ 
graduate  course  in  any  school  in  America. 

The  competition  to  be  met  by  the  educated  agriculturist  or  horticulturist  is 
much  less  formidable  than  that  to  be  met  by  educated  men  in  almost  any  other 
calling. 

If  you  think  of  taking  a  course  in  Agriculture,  write  to  some  officer  or  mem¬ 
ber  of  this  Association. 

If  you  receive  an  appointment  to  the  free  scholarship,  write  us  to  that  effect 
immediately.  This  is  very  important. 

We  wish  every  one  of  you  would  visit  the  institution,  and  see  for  liimsellf 
just  what  it  is.  We  invite  you  to  come. 

TERMS  AND  VACATIONS. 

The  first  term  of  each  college  year  begins  on  the  Wednesday  following  the 
tenth  day  of  September,  and  closes  on  the  Wednesday  preceding  Christmas. 
The  second  term  begins  on  the  Wednesday  following  the  first  day  of  January, 
and  closes  on  the  Friday  following  the  twenty-first  day  of  March.  The  third 
term  begins  on  the  Monday  following  the  close  of  the  second  term,  and  closes 
on  Commencement  Day,  which  is  the  Wednesday  following  the  eleventh  day  of 
June. 

Regular  college  exercises  are  omitted  on  Thanksgiving  Day  and  the  day 
following,  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  February,  and  on  Memorial  Day. 


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THE  COURSES  IN  THE  SCHOOL  OF  AGRICULTURE 


See  Short  Description  pages  4  to  10. 


Outline  of  the  Short  Course  In  Agriculture. 


REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE  SHORT  COURSE  IN  AGRICULTURE. 

Candidates  must  be  at  least  fifteen  years  of  age,  and,  unless  they  are  over  twenty-one  years  of 
age,  must  pass  an  examination  in  grammar,  geography,  arithmetic,  and  United  States  history. 
Candidates  who  are  over  twenty-one  are  admitted  without  examination. 


Figures  in  parentheses  indicate  the  number  of  hours  of  recitation  per  week 
in  the  subjects  after  which  they  stand.  Two  hours  of  laboratory  or  shop  work 
are  equivalent  to  one  hour  of  recitation. 

FIRST  YEAR. 

Fall  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Physics  (5);  Algebra  (5);  Military 
Drill. 

Winter  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Physics  (5);  Practice  in  Carpen¬ 
try,  Blacksmithing,  Cold  Iron  Work,  Adjustment  and  Care  of  Tools,  etc.,  (3); 
Geometry  (5);  Military  Drill. 

Spring  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Physical  Geography  (5);  Ele¬ 
mentary  Botany  (5);  Land  Surveying,  Road  and  Drainage  Engineering  (3);  Mili¬ 
tary  Drill. 

SECOND  YEAR. 

Fall  Term — Farm  Equipment  (3);  Breeds  of  Farm  Live  Stock  (4);  Struc¬ 
ture,  Functions,  and  Life  of  Plants  (5);  The  Elements  of  Veterinary  Medicine  (3); 
Horticulture  (3) ;  Military  Drill. 

Winter  Term  —  Soils  (3);  Stock  Breeding  or  Dairy  Husbandry  (4);  Infectious 
and  Contageous  Diseases  of  Farm  Animals  (3);  Horticulture  (3);  Physiology  (5); 
Military  Drill. 

Spring  Term  —  Stock  Feeding  (4);  Farm  Crops  (3);  Insects  and  Insect  Ene¬ 
mies  and  Friends  (3);  Infectious  and  Contageous  Diseases  of  Farm  Animals  (3); 
Horticultural  (2);  Military  Drill. 


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Outline  of  the  Long  Course  in  Agriculture. 


REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE  LONG  COURSES. 

The  following  are  the  requirements  for  admission  : 

1.  Grammar,  Geography,  and  Arithmetic. 

2.  History  —  History  of  the  United  States,  Johnston’s  preferred. 

3.  Algebra  —  Wentworth’s  Elements  of  Algebra,  complete,  or  an  equivalent. 

4.  Plane  Geometry  —  Wentworth’s,  or  an  equivalent. 

5.  Physics  —  Gage’s  Elements  of  Physics,  complete,  or  an  equivalent. 

6.  English  —  Hill’s  Elements  of  Rhetoric,  or  an  equivaledt. 

7.  Botany  —  Gray’s  Botany,  or  an  equivalent. 

8.  Physical  Geography  —  Geikie’s  Physical  Geography,  or  an  equivalent. 

9.  Any  of  the  following  subjects  : 

(a)  Solid  Geometry  —  Wentworth’s,  or  an  equivalent. 

( b )  Civil  Government  —  Fiske’s,  Martin’s,  or  Macy’s  preferred. 

( c )  General  History  —  Myers's  preferred. 


FIRST  YEAR. 

Fall  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Plant  Physiology  (5);  Zoology  (3); 
English  Language  (2);  Military  Drill. 

Winter  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Uses  of  Plants  (5);  Zoology  (3); 
English  (2);  Military  Drill. 

Spring  Term  —  Agricultural  Chemistry  (5);  Diseases  of  Farm  and  Garden 
Crops  (5);  Entomology,  Insect  Enemies,  and  Friends  (3);  English  (2);  Military 
Drill. 

SECOND  YEAR. 

Fall  Term  —  The  Breeds  of  Farm  Live  Stock  (4);  Veterinary  Anatomy  (3); 
Horticulture  (3);  Agricultural  Chemistry  (3);  Human  Anatomy  and  Physiology 
(3);  Military  Drill. 

Winter  Term  —  Stock  Breeding  (4);  Veterinary  Anatomy  (5);  Horticulture 
(3);  Agricultural  Chemistry  (3);  The  Human  Body  (3);  Military  Drill  and  Art  of 
War. 

Spring  Term  —  Stock  Feeding '(4);  Veterinary  Anatomy  (3);  Horticulture 
3;  Agricultural  Chemistry  (3);  Anatomy  and  Physiology  (3);  Land  Surveying, 
Road  and  Drainage  Engineering  (3);  Military  Drill. 

THIRD  YEAR. 

Fall  Term  —  Farm  Equipment  (3);  Animal  Diseases  (3);  Geoloyg  (5);  French, 
or  German  Language  (5);  Constitutional  History  of  the  United  States  (2). 

Winter  Term  —  Soils  (3);  Infectious  and  Contagious  Diseases  of  Farm  Ani¬ 
mals  (3);  Practice  in  Carpentry,  Blacksmithing,  Cold  Iron  Work,  Adjustment  and. 
Care  of  Tools,  etc.  (3);  French  or  German  Language  (5);  Constitutional  Law  (2). 

Spring  Term  —  Farm  Crops  (3);  Infectious  and  Contageous  Diseases  of  Farm 
Animals  (3);  Insect  Enemies  and  Friends  (3);  French  or  German  Language  ( 5)-y 
Political  History  of  the  United  States  (2\ 

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FOURTH  YEAR  —  Required  Work. 

Fall  'Term  —  Animal  Husbandry  (4);  Industries  Related  to  Agriculture  and 
Chemical  Investigation  along  these  lines  (3) 

Winter  Term  —  Dairy  Husbandry  (4);  Agricultural  Chemistry,  special  work 
in  (3). 

Spring  Term  —  Rural  Economy,  Dollars  and  Cents  in  Farming  (4);  Agri- 
Chemistry,  special  work  in  (3). 

The  remainder  of  the  work  for  the  year  is  to  be  selected  from  the  following 
list  of  subjects:  Horticulture  (5);  Botany  (5);  Surgical  Diseases  and  Operations, 
and  Obstetrics,  (5);  Zoology  (5);  Entomology  (5);  Physics  (3);  Psychology  and 
Ethics  (3);  Mediaeval  History  (2);  History  of  Civilization  or  Political  and  Consti¬ 
tutional  History  of  England  (3);  French  or  German  Literature  and  Composition 
(3);  Mechanical  Engineering  (3);  Political  and  Social  Sciences  (3);  English  Lan¬ 
guage  and  Literature  (2). 


Outline  of  the  Course  in  Horticulture  and  Forestry. 

FIRST  YEAR. 

Identical  with  the  first  year  of  the  Long  Course  in  Agriculture. 

SECOND  YEAR. 

Same  as  second  year  of  Long  Course  in  Agriculture,  except  that  instead  of 
The  Breeds  of  Farm  Live  Stock  in  the  Fall,  Stock  Breeding  in  the  winter,  and 
Stock  Feeding  in  the  Spring  Terms,  and  Veterinary  Anatomy  throughout  the 
year,  is  substituted  French  or  German  Language  (5)  and  English  Language  (2) 
each  throughout  the  year. 

THIRD  YEAR. 

The  same  as  the  third  year  of  the  Long  Course  in  Agriculture,  except  that 
for  Farm  Equipment  (4)  in  the  Fall  Term,  Soils  (4)  in  the  Winter  Term,  and 
Farm  Crops  (4)  in  the  Spring  Term,  is  substituted  Horticulture  (5)  throughout 
the  year,  and  French  or  German  Language  throughout  the  year  is  substituted  a 
choice  by  the  student  of  five  hours’  work  per  week  from  the  following  list : 
Mediaeval  History  (2),  Modern  History  and  History  of  Civilization  (3),  English 
Language  (2),  English  Literature  (3),  Mental  and  Moral  Science  (3),  French  Lan¬ 
guage  and  Literature  (3),  German  Language  and  Literature  (3),  Economics, 
Finances,  and  Political  Economy  (2). 

FOURTH  YEAR  —  Required  Work. 

Fall  Term  —  Culture,  Uses  and  History  of  Trees  (3);  Floriculture  (2). 

Winter  Term  —  Forestry  (3);  Commercial  Floriculture  (2). 

Spring  Term  —  Landscape  Gardening  (3);  Flower  and  Ornamental  Garden¬ 
ing  (2). 

The  remaiuder  of  the  work  for  the  year  is  to  be  chosen  by  the  student  from 
a  long  list  of  interesting  and  important  subjects,  which  for  the  most  part  have 
been  mentioned  in  the  statement  of  the  Long  Course  in  Agriculture. 

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V 


Stadei?ts  I^oui  ip  School  of  flstHcultiiire. 


You  may  know  some  of  these  persons.  Write  any  of  them  concerning  the 
school. 


Seniors. 


Beattie,  R.  W . . Zanesville,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio 

Bogue,  E.  E . Ashtabula  County,  Ohio 

Hood,  S . Meander,  Trumbull  County,  Ohio 


juniors. 


Burkett,  C.  W . Thornville,  Perry  County,  Ohio 

Dunlap,  R.  W . Kingston,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio 

Riggs,  E.  J . Angola,  Gallia  County,  Ohio 


Veterinary  Hospital. 


Sophornores. 

Aumend,  M.  G . Wauseon,  Fulton  County,  Ohio 

Crowner,  D.  A . Wellsville,  Allegheny  County,  New  York 

Lawrence,  M.  W  . . .  . Denver,  Colorado 

Leonard  W.  E . Morrow,  Warren  County,  Ohio 

Loomis,  H.  H . Deerfield,  Portage  County,  Ohio 

Rarick  M.  M . Thornville,  Perry  County,  Ohio 

Pfarr  P.  L .  . Minersville,  Meigs  County,  Ohio 

Ruhlen,  Frank . New  California,  Union  County,  Ohio 


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Fr  esbrrjer). 


Evans,  W.  B . Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

Fisher,  Walter . .  ...  Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Scott,  Earnest . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Ward,  P.  E . Willoughby,  Lake  County,  Ohio 


Second  Year,  Short  Cotirse  ir»  floriculture. 


Ayres,  S.  D .  Hartsgrove,  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio 

Cromley,  A.  M . Ashville,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio 

Davenport,  C.  A . Whisler,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio 

Geckler,  F.  C . Beebetown,  Medina  County,  Ohio 

Hamilton,  W.  C . Brownsville,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

Harter,  J.  H . Lewis  Center,  Delaware  County,  Ohio 

Keunzli,  J.  A . Upper  Sandusky,  Wyandot  County,  Ohio 

McOwen,  Jas.,  Jr . Ovid,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Miller,  C.  J . Franklin,  Warren  County,  Ohio 

Shaw,  J.  C  . Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

Spiers,  C.  E  . . . • . Atwater,  Portage  County,  Ohio 

Taylor,  M.  S . Urbana,  Champaign  County,  Ohio 


First  Year,  Short  CoUrse  It)  floriculture. 


Baer,  Philip,  Jr  . Canal  Dover,  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio 

Baldwin,  L.  R . Milton,  Mahoning  County,  Ohio 

Birdsall,  J.  W . Green  Spring,  Seneca  County,  Ohio 

Brandt,  J.  M . Lancaster,  Fairfield  County,  Ohio 

Britton,  J.  C . Mt.  Gilead,  Morrow  County,  Ohio 

Canfield,  C.  H .  .  .  Cuyahoga  Falls,  Summit  County,  Ohio 

Cline,  W.  E . New  Vienna,  Clinton  County,  Ohio 

Dallas,  J.  T . . Hopedale,  Harrison  County,  Ohio 

Fawcett,  A.  J . Plantsville,  Morgan  County,  Ohio 

Flickinger,  G.  A . York,  Union  County,  Ohio 

Getz,  Frank . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Gibbons,  Benj.  T  .  ...  Delaware,  Delaware  County,  Ohio 

Graham,  J.  E . Raccoon  Island,  Gallia  County,  Ohio 

Johnston,  F.  S . Pierpont,  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio 

Jones,  H.  H  . Radnor,  Delaware  County,  Ohio 

Kockers,  P.  J . . Cleveland,  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio 

Laughlin,  J.  G . . Catawba,  Clarke  County,  Ohio 

Lutz,  Ray. . .  . Fremont,  Sandusky  County,  Ohio 

Mays,  Jno . South  Point,  Lawrence  County,  Ohio 

McLaughlin,  Henry . Thorn ville,  Perry  County,  Ohio 

McMannis,  A.  T . Wauseon,  Fulton  County,  Ohio 

Milliman,  Prescott . Milan,  Erie  County,  Ohio 

Ridings,  J.  O . Edentown,  Clermont  County,  Ohio 

Roberts,  J.  L . Vaughnsville,  Putnam  County,  Ohio 

Rood,  V.  A . Nevada,  Crawford  County,  Ohio 

Roscoe,  F.  B . Greenwich,  Huron  County,  Ohio 

Rutan,  B.  M  . Mechanicsburg,  Champaign  County,  Ohio 

Shellabarger,  M.  R . Garland,  Miami  County,  Ohio 

Stump,  Mrs.  F.  P  . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Warden,  L.  C . . . Avon,  Lorain  County,  Ohio 

Westwater,  W.  G . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Wilson,  G.  C . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Winspeare,  J.  A . . . Barnhill,  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio 


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fl  Partial  List  of  ExMStudeijts  ip  tfje  School 

of  flgricaltare. 


You  may  know  some  of  these  persons.  Write  any  of  them  concerning  the 
school. 


Bowman,  J.  T . 

Birney,  W.  H . 

Brashear,  0.  F . 

Brown,  A.  S . 

Brundaga,  E.  C. . . . 

Burnham,  S.  F . 

Burnham,  L.  C . 

Burnsides,  T.  E.,  jr. 

Cookson,  J.  H . 

Cox,  E.  L . 

Dailey,  H.  G . 

Davis,  Shelley . 

Daniels,  J.  T . 

Demorest,  L.  W . 

Dun,  Chas.  E . 

Eghert,  K.  C . 

Eysenbach,  Delphos 
Farnsworth,  D.  J . 
Florence,  Geo 

Frederick,  I.  L . 

Frye,  J.  W . 

Geckler,  C.  F . 

Geckler,  F.  C . 

*Gibson,  Orville.... 

Grant,  A.  M . 

Guy,  C.  P . 

Hamilton,  R.  M . 

Hathaway,  E.  R . 

Hegler,  D.  S . 

Hegler,  Orris . 

Heston,  Albert . 

Hiatt,  R.  D . 

Hill,  I.  T.  R . 

Hine,  J.  S . 

Holdeman,  G.  L . 

Holtz,  H.  A  . 

Howard,  O.  N . 

Howard,  Cone . 

Howard,  Wm.,  jr  . . 

Hoyt,  C.  A.  .  .  . 

Humphreys,  S.  S  .  . 

Hunter,  W.  F . 

Jones,  Wm.  S . 


. Chester  Hill,  Morgan  County,  Ohio 

.  Tappan,  Harrison  County,  Ohio 

. Milnersville.  Guernsey  County,  Ohio 

. Circleville,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio 

. Melmore,  Seneca  County,  Ohio 

. Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. Galena,  Delaware  County,  Ohio 

. Redfield,  Morgan  County,  Ohio 

. Rich  Hill,  Knox  County,  Ohio 

. Hayesville,  Ashland  County,  Ohio 

. Dublin,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

. Toronto,  Canada 

. Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

. Dublin,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

. Tiffin,  Seneca  County,  Ohio 

. Van  Wert  County,  Ohio 

. Waterville,  Lucas  County,  Ohio 

. Circleville,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio 

Washington  ville,  Columbiana  County,  Ohio 

.  Lowell,  Washington  County,  Ohio 

. Beebetown,  Medina  County,  Ohio 

. Beebetown,  Medina  County,  Ohio 

. Good  Hope,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 

. Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

. .  Mechanicsburg,  Champaign  County,  Ohio 

. Brownsville,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

. Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. .  .Washington  C.  H.,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 
. .  .Washington  C.  H.,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 

. .Springboro,  Warren  County,  Ohio 

. Chester  Hill,  Morgan  County,  Ohio 

. Berlin  Heights,  Erie  County,  Ohio 

. Neapolis,  Fulton  County,  Ohio 

. Kingston,  Ross  County,  Ohio 

. Green  Springs,  Seneca  County,  Ohio 

. Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. Irwin,  Union  County,  Ohio 

. Rock  Creek,  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio 

. Coolville,  Athens  County,  Ohio 

.  Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

. Chicago,  Cook  County,  Illinois 


*  Deceased. 


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Kerr,  F.  H .  Monclova,  Lucas  County,  Ohio 

Kohls,  F.  J .  Ottawa,  Putnam  County,  Ohio 

Krug,  Albert .  . Herman,  Kansas 

Lavery,  Wm.  F . South  Salem,  Ross  County,  Ohio 

Lee,  Y.  W . Orland,  Vinton  County,  Ohio 

Mallow,  J.  R . Austin,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 

Markey,  Amos . West  Elkton,  Preble  County,  Ohio 

Mawer,  G.  C . . Oak  Harbor,  Ottawa  County,  Ohio 

McCoy,  C.  C . Heglers,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 

McCullough,  W.  C . Bucyrus,  Crawford  County,  Ohio 

McDowell,  G.  K . Jackson,  Jackson  County,  Ohio 

McMillan,  J.  H  . Woodstock,  Champaign  County,  Ohio 

Mendenhall,  M.  H .  . West  Elkton,  Preble  County,  Ohio 

Mercer,  W.  D . McConnelsville,  Morgan  County,  Ohio 

Merriam,  R.  K . Blue  Rock,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio 

Mix,  L.  L . . Camp  Chase,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Murray,  F.  E .  . Greenfield,  Ross  County,  Ohio 

Nichelson,  Chas . Plattsburg,  Clarke  County,  Ohio 

Nickerson,  Clark . New  Burlington,  Clinton  County,  Ohio 

Parrett,  N.  M  . Madison  Mills,  Fayette  County,  Ohio 

Peterson,  Russell .  . Austin,  Ross  County,  Ohio 

Phinney,  C.  A .  . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Pletscher,  Roland .  .  Brooklyn,  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio 

Powell,  Luke . Russell,  Kentucky 

Powell,  Earnest . Van  Wert,  Van  Wert  County,  Ohio 

Powell,  H.  G . Findlay,  Hancock  County,  Ohio 

Price,  E.  C . New  Moorefield,  Clarke  County,  Ohio 

Priest,  Fred . Newark,  Licking  County,  Ohio 

Shannon,  R.  G . .  Fort  Seneca,  Seneca  County,  Ohio 

Saum,  J.  L . Antwerp,  Paulding  County,  Ohio 

Sharp,  R.  H .  Sugar  Grove,  Fairfield 'County,  Ohio 

Sherwood,  A.  E . Plain  City,  Madison  County,  Ohio 

Slough,  Chas . . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Smith,  S.  J .  . Cleveland,  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio 

Starker,  C.  R . . West  Elkton,  Preble  County,  Ohio 

Stillings,  C.  L . . Milford  Center,  Union  County,  Ohio 

Stillson,  D.  M . Kent,  Portage  County,  Ohio 

Stillson,  R.  S . Kent,  Portage  County,  Ohio 

Strong,  A.  B . Strongsville,  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio 

Swingle,  U.  G . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Semple,  G.  C . Piketown,  Pike  County,  Ohio 

Thompson,  A.  N .  . Milnersville,  Guernsey  County,  Ohio 

Thompson,  U.  D . Milnersville,  Guernsey  County,  Ohio 

Thorne,  B.  H . Wooster,  Wayne  County,  Ohio 

Treat,  H.  W . Tallmadge,  Summit  County,  Ohio 

Walker,  J.  W . Emerson,  Jefferson  County,  Ohio 

Wagner,  W.  D . .  . Kenton,  Hardin  County,  Ohio 

Ward,  B.  N . DeGraff,  Logan  County,  Ohio 

West,  R.  S .  . Rix’s  Mills,  Muskingum  County,  Ohio 

White,  D.  S . Columbus,  Franklin  County,  Ohio 

Wilkins,  H.  L . Washington,  District  of  Columbia 

Wood,  A.  J . Mt.  Gilead,  Morrow  County,  Ohio 

Wood,  D.  C. .  . Wilmington,  Clinton  County,  Ohio 


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1885. 

William  P.  Bently,  B.  Agr.,  missionary . Nankin,  China 

1886. 

William  S.  Devol,  B.  Agr.,  Associate  Editor  of  an  Horticultural  Journal , 

Practical  Horticulturalist . Riverside,  California 


1890. 


Knott  C.  Egbert,  B.  Agr.,  Superintendent  Fruit  Farm,  Tiffin,  Seneca  County,  O. 
Charles  P.  Fox,  B.  Agr.,  Professor  of  Agriculture  and  Director  of 

Agricultural  Experiment  Station . Moscow,  Idaho 


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Lloyd  M.  Bloomfield,  B.  Agr.,  Assistant  in  Agricultural  Chem¬ 
istry .  . Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  Ohio 

Julius  H.  R.  Paul  Fischer,  B.  Agr.,  D.  Y.  M . Student,  Berlin,  Germany 

Frank  W,.  Rane,  B.  Agr.,  Horticulturalist,  West  Virginia  Agri¬ 
cultural  Experiment  Station . Morgantown,  West  Virginia 

1892. 

William  H.  Baker,  B.  Agr.,  Farmer  and  Stockbreeder, 

Farmersville,  Livingston  County,  Missouri 
Hamilton  H.  Richardson,  Farmer  and  Gardener, 

South  Brooklyn,  Cuyahoga  County,  Ohio 
Franklin  P.  Stump,  B.  Agr.,  Foreman  of  Farm  and  Assistant  in 

Agriculture  . Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  Ohio 

1893. 

James  S.  Hine,  B.  Sc.  (in  Horticulture  and  Forestry),  Superin¬ 
tendent  Northwestern  Branch  Ohio  Agricultural  Experi¬ 
ment  Station . Neapolis,  Fulton  Couuty,  Ohio 


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